The Elixer of life

One of the most remarkable facts about waer is its power to carry silt or finely devide soil in sespension.This is the origin of the water in rained tanks .This colour varies with the nature of the earth in the catchment area and is most vivid imediately after a fresh inflow following rain .Swiftly following water can carry fairly large and heavy particles .The finest particulars,however remain floating within the liquid inspite of their greater density and are carried to great distance .such particles are of course extremely small ,but their number is also great and incredibley large amounts of solid matter can be transported in this way.when slit-landen water mixes with the salt water of the sea,there is a rapid preciption of the suspended matter.This can be rapidly seen when one travels by steamer down a great river to the deep sea.The colour of the water changes successively form the muddy red or brown of slit through varying shades of yellow and green finally to the blue of the deep sea. The great tracts of land have been formed by slit thus deposited in evident on an examination of the soil in alluvial areas .Such land consisting as it does of finely devided matter is usually very fertile.

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